October 30, 2012Comments Off on Flooded data center takes down websites

Gawker was still down Tuesday afternoon, but Huffington Post was back online. Their webhost, Datagram Inc., said power was out and flooding in their basement was preventing their backup generators from pumping fuel.

June 29, 2012Comments Off on AOL promotes exec to split company into 3 units

AOL is promoting its head financial officer to chief operating officer. The company has tasked him with organizing the online media conglomerate into three divisions. AOL Inc. announced the promotion of Artie Minson Jr. on Friday morning. Minson will be ...

May 30, 2012Comments Off on Employers, workers battle over vacation time

Even the most devoted employee in the happiest professional situation needs time off, but it appears workers aren’t vacationing like they used to. A recent survey of U.S. and Canadian workers by international consulting firm Right Management, part of Milwaukee-based ...

In the killing of Trayvon Martin, the angel and the devil of social media have discovered the perfect battlefield. Without social media, the Feb. 26 killing of Martin, an unarmed, black 17-year-old in Sanford, Fla., probably would have remained forever ...

Internet company AOL is reporting a smaller net loss for the second quarter even though revenue fell, because last year’s quarter was weighed down by a huge accounting charge. But advertising revenue grew for the first time since 2008, in ...

AOL says its first-quarter net income dropped sharply as the Internet company continued to see a drop in advertising and subscription revenue. Even so, the company sought to reassure investors that its turnaround was on its way by pointing to ...

March 10, 2011Comments Off on AOL lays off 200 after HuffPost acquisition

AOL says it’s laying off 200 U.S. staffers from its content and technology departments to eliminate overlap only days after completing its purchase of the Huffington Post. The cuts also affect 700 jobs at AOL’s offices in India, which mainly ...

AOL has completed its $315 million purchase of the online news hub The Huffington Post. AOL Inc., a pioneer in dial-up Internet access, is trying to rebuild itself as a purveyor of online news and other content. It is the ...

Federal officials do not intend to challenge AOL Inc.’s plans to buy online news hub Huffington Post, after concluding that the deal does not raise significant antitrust concerns. The $315 million acquisition, announced last month, is part of America Online’s ...